22. The Twenty-Second Chapter

CHAPTER 22 THE TWENTY-SECOND CHAPTER Professor Poopypants had been defeated, and everybody in the school cheered wildly. They were still small, but at least they got their old names back. "I'm sure glad I don't have a silly name anymore," said Ms. Ribble. "Me, too," said Mr. Rected. "Hooray!" cried George. "Let's all give Captain Underpants a big hand!"

Harold was not amused. "Oops...," said George. "Sorry." "That's OK," said Harold. "Just gimme that invention thing so I can zap us back to normal!"

Harold held the Goosey-Grow 4000 in his giant hand and zapped George and himself (that is, every part of himself EXCEPT his giant hand). GGGGLLUUZZZZZZZZRRRRRT!

Suddenly, George and Harold were back to their normal sizes again. "Boy," said George, "we sure have tested the limits of science today!" "Yep!" said Harold. "And the limits of our readers' willing suspension of disbelief!" "Er... yyyeah," said George, "that, too!" George and Harold picked up their tiny school and carried it back to where it belonged. George got ready to zap the school with the Goosy-Grow 4000, while Harold prepared to zap Captain Underpants with the Shrinky-Pig 2000. "I sure hope this works," said George. "Me, too," said Harold.